This is so true and absolutely correct. The issue though is not gathering our data (progress) its comparing it against they're engineering drawing etc.. that a

This is so true and absolutely correct. The issue though is not gathering our data (progress) its comparing it against they're engineering drawing etc.. that are constantly changing on a file share that we never know about. You want it geo-referenced? Good luck.. so you end up putting a bunch of people on the team working for them to get decent data which bloats your budget and then you look bad to client.